Hosiery



Aprifi 1930.

J. M. ALLEN HOS IERY Original Filed July 2, 1927 not have any loose portions to wrin I ,i54,i

Will-IN llll. ALLEN, 0F TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR T0 SCOTT WILLIAMS,

INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOSIERY Application filed July. 2, 1927, Serial No. 203,000. Renewed June 1.1, 192% 'l he principal object of the invention is to provide aseamless stocking with a foot shaped freeirom irregularities of contour so that it will fit. the 00m snugly without binding,

1e or pucker, and still presenting a neat appearing and comfortable garment. I

A further and important object is to knit the fabric with the wales arranged to follow the curves of the foot so that the stocking will fit naturally and without strain, thereby requiring less tension on garters and consequently enhancing the life of thestocking.

The principal features of the invention consist in the novel formatioiof the toe of the stocking by lengthening the gore and continuing the instep yarn past the commencement of the gore, introducing a plurality of knitted courses into the gore of a lesser length so than said gore and finally looping the completed courses of the underside of the toe to the bottom half of the foot. in this Way a plurality of courses of the inward end of the tapering top segment otthe toe are knit in integral succession to the instep fabric and are formed of a yarn lighter in Weight than ethe rest of the toe. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevational view showing my improved hose as fitted on an the foot.

Figure 2 is a side View of the knitted foot shown flat.

Figure 3 is a detail side view of the toe portion illustrating the manner in which the fabric is knitted for completing the foot 'by looping.

In the knitting of the stocking, which is made on a circular knitting machine, the heel A. is formed in the usual manner using onehali of the needles, reciprocating the machine and on each course picking up out of action one needle on each side until approximately only one-fifth of the total number of needles knitting the toe segment are knitting, then taking down into operation one needle net on each side on each course until half the needles are again in action, thus completing the heel pouch. I

When the heel is finished as described the foot 15 is knitted, as usual, with the full comwill.

,plement of needles, to the point C which is the point of commencement of the toe. The opposite half of the full complement of needles to those used in making the heel pouch are brought into operation to make the toe continued as before, raising the needles pro-v gressively out of action (in cachside until a total of about 48 needles have been raised out of action oneach side leaving about 24: needles still knitting across the point of the toe which is thus formed much narrower than'usual.

It will of course be understood that the numbers of needles mentioned may be varied as desired according to the number of needles in the cylinder, the stocking herein illustrated being formed on a 2&0 needle machine;

Immediately. following the raising of the last of the above mentioned complement of about 48 needles aside, the needles that have been raised out of action in the knitting of the cotton yarn, numbering approximately 36,:1re dropped into action all at once, leaving the 12 needles extending from C to I) out of action at each side. One course E is then knitted aroundthe end of the toe between the points marked D using all but the 12 needles left out of action on each side. Ap proximately seven more courses F are then knitted, oneor more needles on each side being raised out of action on each course, which forms a gusset with tapered ends G the points of which extend to the points D on each side.

When the gusset courses mentioned have been completed the remainder of the 36 active needles on each side, that is 29.needles, are raised out ofaction at once and the knitting is then continued from the toe point dropping one or more needles into action on each side of the gore until all of the 36 needles are again put back into action and also the twelve on each side that were raised out of action between the points C and D. This thenbrings needles of one-half of'the machine.

From this l'aoiilt circular knitting is resumcd forming the band of fabric H shown in Fig. 3, a sufficient number of courses for iooping the toe pocket to the bottom of the oot.

The two half circles of the band H are then cast on to a looping machine from the point C, the surplus courses either being cut away by the looping machine or ravelled back,

and the foot is complete. The looping line J is thus located on'the bottom of the'foot and is well back to the ball of the foot. It is located at the widest part of the foot and is therefore at. the most desirable point as the loop stitches are loose and equal to several ordinary courses. This arrangement of the loop stitching allows,the greatest width of spread at the lnostdesirable point and being-beneath the foot it is invisible when worn.

.The construction of the toe produced in the manner described is narrower than the ordinary construction by approximately 24: needles on each side and with the addition ing surplus or dog ears always found in the shorter broader structure of seamless toe which 1s a source of much discomfort to the wearer; The fabric of the stocking when completed lies perfectly flat along the sides.

The tapering of the ends of the insert courses F is very important in eliminating the bulging surplus fabric mentioned and it also shapes the wales so that they conform to the curvature of the for t. i

It will be readily understood that the shape and dimensions of the toe structure may be varied by lengthening the gore and altering the number of courses in the insert E, F.

What I claim as'my invention is 1. A seamless foot hose having a tapering top toe segment, a plurality of insert courses knitted to. the tapering sides and around the end of the top toe segment, each course having a number of stitches appreciably less than the number of stitches on the edge of said toe top, the successive insert courses being of a rogressively differing length, a diverging insert courses and to the courses of the tapering toe top beyond the ends ofithe insert courses to meet the lower hal-fof the foot section at the points of c l *mencetnent of the tapered top segment.

2. A seamless stocking having a light Weight instep yarn and areinforced toe, the

ottom toe segmentknitted to the toe portion comprising tapering segments joined in gore lines arranged lengthwise of the foot, the instep yarn being continued into the top segment of the toe to a point intermediate of the length thereof and the remaining part of said segments being reinforced,

tcrmediate of its length and the remaining portion formed of a heavy yarn, a plurality of insert courses knitted to the tapering edges and the end of the top toe segment, said insert courses being of. progressively diifering lengths forming a gusset With tapered ends, and the bottom toe segment being knitted to the insert courses and having its end stitched to the foot 0f the stocking, I

4. A seamless foot hose formed with a light yarn in the instep and a heavier yarn in the toe and having the top half of the foot continned in a tapering toe top, said toe top having the yarn changed intermediate of its length from light to a heavier yarn, a plurality of insert courses knitted to the edgeof the tapering toe-and having a number of stitches in each course less than the number of stitches along the edge of the toe top, the successive insert courses being of progressively differing lengths, a bottom toe section having each successive course'increased in length and knitted to the insert courses and to the-light yarn courses of the tapering toe top beyond the ends of the insert courses to meet the lower half of the foot section at the points of commen ement of thetapered top.

5. A seamless stocking having a light weight yarn in the instep and a heavier yarn in the toe in which the toe is formed of tapering segments the gore lines of which extend back to substantially the widest part of the foot of the wearer, the inner end of the toe bottom being looped to the foot bottom at the inner ends of the gores-and a plurality of courses of the inward end of the tapering top segment is formed of the instep yarn in tight stitches to effect the shortening of the top of the foot relative to the bottom.

6. A seamless stocking having a light weight yarn in the instep and a heavier yarn, in the toe in which the toe is formed-of tapering segments the gore lines of which extend back'to substantially the widest part of the Ill) foot of the wearer. the inner end of the toe bottom being looped to the foot bottom at the inner ends of the gores and a plurality of courses of the inward end of the tapering area-let top segment being knit in integral succession to the intsep and formed of yarn lighter in weight than the rest of the toe.

7. A seamless stocking having a light weight yarn in the instep and a heavier yarn in the toe in which the toe is formed or tapering segments, the, inner end of the toe also being looped-to the foot bottom at the inner ends or the gores and a plurality of courses of the inward end of the tapering top I plurality otcourses around the toe end, then removing from action the needles returned to action then knitting a diverging toe section to the courses knitted to the tapering edges of the toe top progressively increasing the number ot needles in action, and finally joining the completed bottom section to the hot tom of the root.

comprisingknitting ii'seamless foot section, then removing a plurality of needles from action and continuing the knitting of the upper halt of the :tabric, progressively decreasingthe number of needles in action to form a toe top tapered to a narrow end, then re T turning immediately into action a plurality till of needles or a lesser number than those removed trom action for forming the tapered top and knitting a course of stitches along the tapered edges and around the end of the toe :tor the major portion of the length of said tapered edges, then knitting to the afore saidcourse a plurality of courses removing lmeedlesltrom action progressively to knit a gusset with tapered ends, then withdrawing' from action the remainder of the returned needles, then progressively returning needles into action aroe'ressivel knittin a 'diverr v a U3 ing toe bottom to the inserted toe gusset and to the edges of the tapered toe top extending beyond the ends of the gusset, and finally looping the end of the toe bottom to the feet bottom.

10. A method oi knitting seamless hosiery, comprising knitting a foot section with a full complement of needles to a point correspond ing with the widest part'ot the foot of the wearer, then removing needles out of action and continuing with. the instep yarn to knit a tapering toe top for about sixteen or more courses, then making a yarn change using a reinforcing yarnand continuing the tapered toe to a narrow end of about twenty-tour stitches or. less, then returning a suflicient number oi needles into action to knit a row of stitches around the toe end and to the points of the yarn change, then knitting a plurality oil-courses around the toe end forming a tapered gusset extending back to the instep yarn, then knitting a toe bottom joining the courses thereof to thegusset and to the ends of the courses of the instepyarn extending from the commencement of the tapered toe top, the whole of the toe bottom being oi? reinforcing yarn.

11. A seamless stocking having a toe comprising narrowed and widened segments and a gusset located between the segm ents on both sides of thetoe and extending aroundtheend, said gusset having I substantially parallel sides throughoutthe major portion of its length, said narrowed and widened segments entending rearwardly of the gusset. v

12. A seamless stocking having a toe comprising narrowed and widened segments and a tapered gusset located between the seg ments on both'sides of-the toe and extending around the end, said gusset presenting substantially parallel sides to the narrowed and widened segments throughout the major portlon of its length, said narrowed and widened segments extending rearwardly of the points of the gusset an appreciable extent. 9." A method oat knitting seamless hosiery, 7

13. A seamless stocking having a toe comprising narrowed and widened segments and ing.

JUHN ALLEN.

CERTIFICATE OF connection Patent No. 1,754,185. I I Granted llpril s, 1930, to

Q JOHN M. ALLEN. I It is hereby certifiedthat error app'ears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 2, after the' word "brings" insert the words "back into action the full complement of";

and-that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that 'the same may conform to the recordof the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 29th day of April, A. D. 1930 Y M. J.' Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Pstents; 

